But his scorn for the reclusive nation has seemingly grown in the days since Otto Warmbier , a young American man who was imprisoned in North Korea for 17 months and reportedly tortured, was returned to the US last week in a coma. President Donald Trump told reporters that what occurred in the case of Otto Warmbier "never should have happened". In an interview with ABC News , Rodman'... [Full Article...]

The Iranians have been basing Shahed-129 drones at the airfield, according to the officials. USA military officials said that they shot down the drone after it fired. On Sunday, the USA downed a piloted Syrian Army jet in the southern Raqqa countryside after it dropped bombs near US-backed forces. While Iran said its forces deserve credit for gains made against IS, the United States ... [Full Article...]

Every 10 years following the census, states redraw the boundaries of legislative districts to account for population changes, so that the number of people living in each district is about the same. Which party now benefits the most from gerrymandering? The report states that the committee's plan was to control the redistricting process in states such as Wisconsin, where they spent $1.1 million... [Full Article...]

Perez, a former labor secretary, said there are 71 congressional districts "more competitive" than Georgia's 6th district, where Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff lost to Republican Karen Handel Tuesday by less than 4 points. Republicans - including President Donald Trump - have professed their glee that she's still minority leader. "Time to stop rehashing 2016 and talk about the future". [Full Article...]

Ossoff weathered a barrage of TV ads tying him to Pelosi, and featuring caricatures from Pelosi's San Francisco district. Democrats are lagging 0-4 in congressional elections this year, having earlier lost races in Kansas and Montana. She said it's easy for some Democrats to criticize her in the media, but it's much harder to actually push for change in DNC leadership meetings. [Full Article...]

On Friday, unlikely diplomat Dennis Rodman tried to claim credit for Otto's release, and President Trump has blamed the Obama administration for not making it happen sooner. All right man, all right. Warmbier's former soccer coach, Steve Thomas, said the young student came from a religious Jewish family and participated in a birthright trip to Israel. [Full Article...]

Brexit Secretary David Davis has said Britain will seek "a deal that works in the best interests of all citizens" in Brexit talks getting under way in Brussels . To show the "goodwill" her aides often refer to, May will have a separate conversation with European Council President Donald Tusk and hopes to have other one-to-one meetings. [Full Article...]

Steve Scalise during practice days before. So far, investigators have not linked Hodgkinson to any radical groups, said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly. [Full Article...]

But some rank-and-file House Democrats scoffed at such explanations and raised questions about Pelosi's continued leadership. "We can walk and chew gum at the same time", he said. It was Handel's most explicit praise of a president whose tenuous standing put this previously safe Republican district in peril in the first place. [Full Article...]

After the meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said, "We reiterated to China that they have a diplomatic responsibility to exert much greater. "We see a young man go over there healthy and with a minor act of mischief" and come home on the verge of death. South Korean President Moon Jae In, meanwhile, said that "we can not know for sure that North Korea killed Mr. [Full Article...]

The Hyunmoo-2 is South Korea's indigenously developed ballistic missile with a range of 800 km. Tillerson said during a press conference after the talks that both China and the USA have agreed to strictly follow UN Security Council resolutions on North Korea and not to "do business with any UN-designated North Korean entities in accordance with these resolutions". [Full Article...]

This was slightly lower for both the subjects from a year ago which was 98 and 98.25 percent respectively. For B.Com (hons), there is a dip of 0.25 percentage points from last year's 98%. In humanities stream, Khalsa again set the highest cut- off at 99 per cent for BA (Hons) Political Science, according to the list available on DU website. [Full Article...]

Survivors emerged Monday with stories of leaping into water tanks and other dramatic escapes from the forest fires scorching central Portugal , and authorities came under mounting criticism for not doing more to prevent Portugal's deadliest natural disaster in decades. [Full Article...]

Heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy has caused scattered street flooding across central and southern Indiana. The National Weather Service forecasts heavy rain across West Virginia starting late Thursday and continuing into early Saturday from Tropical Storm Cindy until another front pushes through Friday night into Saturday. [Full Article...]

A Doctor in MI charged with sexual assault after several allegations dating back to 2000. MASON , Mich. (AP)  A judge on Friday ordered a longtime doctor at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics to stand trial on charges of sexually assaulting six young gymnasts who said he molested them while they were seeking treatment for various injuries. [Full Article...]

On Wednesday both the Spanish newspaper ABC and state television TVE claimed Ronaldo had reluctantly agreed to pay the sum he is accused of having failed to declare in order to reduce any subsequent fines and prison sentences. Real Madrid ace Ronaldo headed the victor for his country at Moscow's Spartak Stadium on Wednesday but refused to answer questions afterwards. And Ronaldo is accused o... [Full Article...]

CNN asked its regular courtroom artist Bill Hennessy to head to Friday's White House press briefing . With the approval of the president, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has been looking for a replacement press secretary so he can focus on broader strategy. [Full Article...]

North Korea reportedly claimed that he fell ill from botulism sometime after his trial in March 2016 and has been in a coma after taking a sleeping pill. But India condemned North Korea in January for its nuclear testing, and announced a trade ban covering all items prohibited under sanctions by the U.N. [Full Article...]

He added: "The galling (thing is that) the council has hardly had any representative here at the hotel, they've sent representatives from other councils this morning to help them". PM Theresa May has tweeted that she is thinking of those evacuated and is being kept updated of the operation. "We test our plans regularly through scenarios, where colleagues from councils and emergency services come... [Full Article...]

Traore said the victims were a Portuguese, a Franco-Malian, a Chinese and a Franco-Gabonese civilian as well as a Malian soldier. Some of the assailants had shouted "Allahu Akbar" - Arabic for "God is greatest" - other witnesses interviewed by AFP said. [Full Article...]